VIP AUDIO 9/17 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (9-14-2005) – Caldwell Audio Show: WWE feeling pressure from TNA and UFC, will HBK break the Masterlock, TNA Impact’s target debut rating on Spike, Michaels or Samoa Joe as Best Wrestler (25 min.)

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the Sept. 14, 2005 episode of The James Caldwell Audio Show. He covers these topics:

• WWE Raw’s inconsequential feel
• The holding pattern WWE has creeped into in anticipation of the USA TV switch
• WWE feeling the pressure of UFC and TNA
• Jeff Jarrett’s political loss at Unbreakable
• The X Division Title match 24 hours later
• Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Masters at Unforgiven and whether Michaels will break the Masterlock
• TNA’s signing of Gail Kim.
• How TNA can structure a women’s division
• TNA Impact’s target debut rating; whether TNA can pass 1.0 for the Spike TV debut
• Smackdown’s debut on Friday night and whether WWE made an error not promoting new feuds or offering new matches on Smackdown’s new night.
• The rationale behind delivering Summerslam re-matches on Smackdown.
• TNA wrestlers being able to work other promotions.
• Shawn Michaels vs. Samoa Joe for best wrestler: How Michaels has raised his stature to another level, how Joe differentiates himself as a top tier wrestler, and more.

This is another episode in our VIP Podcast Vault series going back to our earliest podcasts. We will continue to present VIP Podcasts from 18 years ago exclusively for PWTorch VIP members on our VIP Podcast Feed.

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